Tag Archives: Meditation

Mastering The Mind with Shrimad Bhagvad Gita

Posted on September 26, 2026 by Tarun Rattan

Shrimad Bhagvad Gita (श्रीमद भगवद गीता) provides a pathway for mastering the citta (चित्त:), mind by its inscrutable analysis of karma (कर्म), action that revolves on the idea of the three gunas (गुण), traits of sattva (सत्त्व:), rajas (राजस:)& tamas (तामसः) and their effects on the mind of kařta (कर्ता), the doer and the final transcendence of these gunas by a self-exceeding … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Stages of Meditation by Dalai Lama XIV

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Tarun Rattan

Stages of Meditation by Dalai Lama XIV 5 of 5 stars This book records the commentary on Kamalashila’s “Stages of Meditation” as rendered by His Holiness Dalai Lama to his close followers in Manali 1989. Acharya Kamalashila was a great … Continue reading →

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Glendalough: A Celtic Pilgrimage by Michael Rodgers

Posted on April 2, 2006 by Tarun Rattan

  Glendalough: A Celtic Pilgrimage by Michael Rodgers 5 of 5 stars   This is the history of St. Kevin of Ireland and the monastery he setup in Wicklow mountains which is now a famous pilgrimage in Ireland. I’ve visited … Continue reading →

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